SOUTH AFRICA

Hyundai Automotive South Africa has handed over a brand new library and resource centre as part of its ongoing social investment project to the Lindisa Primary School in Evaton, south of Johannesburg. The initiative, in which Hyundai Automotive SA collaborates with the Imperial and Motus Community Trust, has, to date, ...

  Peugeot has stepped up its game as the brand’s international expansion is intensifying with the new PEUGEOT LANDTREK entering the One ton Pick-up segment. This constantly evolving segment represents more than 2.4 million annual sales. It is based on the fundamentals of the segment: 3.5 t towing capacity, versatility, ...

    Land Rover’s television commercial for the new Defender demonstrates its capability on tough terrain. The commercial features an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at what to expect from the new Defender in No Time To Die, a James Bond film scheduled to be released in April. The rehearsal footage included ...

Haval is surely on its way to becoming a global brand as Great Wall Motors (GWM), manufacturers of the Haval brand, and General Motors (GM) Monday announced an agreement for the sale of GM Thailand’s manufacturing facilities in Rayong, subject to government and regulatory approvals. Under a signed binding term ...

Volkswagen has expanded the number of its dealerships across Southern Africa through the opening of a new dealership in Namibia. The dealership, which is situated in Ongwediva, north of Namibia, is a fully fledged Volkswagen dealership with a state of the art showroom, workshop and parts department. The dealership, which ...

Ahead of its debut at the 2020 Geneva International Motor Show on March 3, Kia Motors Corporation, Monday, revealed the first official images of the new Kia Sorento. The concept of ‘refined boldness’ inspired Kia’s designers, who sought to maintain the robust, tough-looking aesthetic of earlier generations of Sorento, while ...

  Lexus is, no doubt,  a youthful automotive brand, even at 30, but it has carved a niche for itself not only in the luxury segment of the auto market but in the arts scene as well. As a brand, Lexus has invested and collaborated with various projects in film, ...

  World-renowned Land Rover adventurer Kingsley Holgate has lent a helping hand to long-time expedition partner and mountain bike extraordinaire Mike Nixon in a torturous high-altitude training regime through Lesotho and parts of South Africa ahead of this year’s Absa Cape Epic. The miniature expedition (by Holgate standards) was dubbed ...

Volkswagen was the biggest winner at the fifth annual Cars.co.za Consumer Awards held at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit on 6 February. Widely regarded as South Africa’s most definitive automotive awards programme, the Cars.co.za Consumer Awards, which are exclusively supported by WesBank, South Africa’s largest vehicle finance provider, have become ...

The Suzuki Swift returned to the stage at the recently-held 2019 Cars.co.za Consumer Awards – powered by WesBank – as the undisputed king of the budget car category. The Swift was crowned the winner for the second year in a row, while Suzuki took the top honours in this category ...